My students frequently ask what their next project should be. My advice: immerse yourself in the music you love and you will find what you want to do; you will discover your next project.
Truth implies meaning. - Lukas Foss
Truth implies meaning.
- Lukas Foss
To me, Mozart is our Shakespeare, the one who wrote the most dramatic, psychologically most baffling music. He combined ideas that no one else would … - Lukas Foss
To me, Mozart is our Shakespeare, the one who wrote the most dramatic, psychologically most baffling music. He combined ideas that no one else would …
Anybody can put things together that belong together. to put things together that don't go together, and make it work, that takes genius like Mozart'… - Lukas Foss
Anybody can put things together that belong together. to put things together that don't go together, and make it work, that takes genius like Mozart'…
Any creator owes a debt to past creation. - Lukas Foss
Any creator owes a debt to past creation.
It is obvious that anything a scientist discovers or invents is based on previous discoveries and inventions. The same applies to the arts. - Lukas Foss
It is obvious that anything a scientist discovers or invents is based on previous discoveries and inventions. The same applies to the arts.
Great music does not just make me feel good. It means something. It makes us understand. It makes us happy. - Lukas Foss
Great music does not just make me feel good. It means something. It makes us understand. It makes us happy.
The fact that Stravinsky used the classics as a major influence is obvious. What is interesting is how he used them, how he turned Bach into Stravins… - Lukas Foss
The fact that Stravinsky used the classics as a major influence is obvious. What is interesting is how he used them, how he turned Bach into Stravins…
Most people think an artist tries to be original, but originality is the last thing that develops in the artist. - Lukas Foss
Most people think an artist tries to be original, but originality is the last thing that develops in the artist.
There is another interesting paradox here: by immersing ourselves in what we love, we find ourselves. We do not lose ourselves. One does not lose one… - Lukas Foss
There is another interesting paradox here: by immersing ourselves in what we love, we find ourselves. We do not lose ourselves. One does not lose one…
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